#Author:Er Soka Samanth kumar, Mechanical Engieering NIT Sikkim India https://nitsikkim.ac.in/
In South Korea, the disposal of municipal waste is divided into landfill, recycling, composting and incineration. Earlier, most municipal waste was reclaimed in local or metropolitan landfills and very little waste was recycled.Back in 1991, recyclable waste started increasing due to the compulsory separate collection,where household waste is separated to recyclable material, food waste and the rest. The proportion of waste to be incinerated and recycled kept increasing while that to be disposed in landfills kept decreasing in Korea.
Presently in Seoul, all food waste disposal is charged based on the volume or weight, depending on the method each municipality chooses among:
-Charging per standard food waste disposal bag
-Chip or stickers system permitting food waste disposal
-Using radio-frequency identification (RFID) to track the weight of the food waste
